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I hate to admit but I am a deadbeat. I have no education, work at a dead end job making $21/hour, and I live with my parents. I have absolutely nothing going for me. The reason for this is because I’m borderline mentally handicapped. I was in special Ed classes in school. I had to upgrade after to get a high school diploma. I attended college after the upgrade but didn’t pass. That was 10 years ago. Now my parents are old and on their last breath. I don't know what I’m gonna do when they pass. I know I need an education but if I didn’t pass when I was young, how will I pass now?

My current relationship situation is really bad. Due to low self esteem I’m in a relationship with a woman who doesn’t respect me. All she does is yell at me, verbally abuse me, and emotionally hurt me. Also, I believe she is cheating on me. She’s always talking about her guys friends who she’s too close to. But I stay with her because I struggle with loneliness and my options are slim to none. Plus I’m so emotionally invested the thought of her with another guy hurts me. Sometimes she doesn’t talk to me for days and I get depressed and stop eating. Any suggestions on how I can better myself?

I’ve been dating my girlfriend Lucy for a year. Lucy has a lot of good values. She’s smart with her money and has no debt. We’re thinking about getting married in the new year. I’m 33 and she’s 43, so there’s no time waste. But 90% of her friends are male, so only has 3 female friends. Which is kind of strange to me. She’s not a tomboy, these dudes aren’t gay, so why would she be so close to other men? She has a guy friend Alex that she texts a lot. Every time Alex has a girlfriend she doesn’t like his relationship with Lucy. Also, Alex doesn’t text Lucy as often when he’s dating, and Lucy gets pissed that he’s neglected. I wrote about this in another question.

We’ve had arguments about her male friends and she told me that I’m “too jealous”, and that she’ll stop hanging around men for our relationship. She showed me her texts to prove there’s nothing going on with the guys, but I’m still uncomfortable.

On the flip side she hates that my best friend is a 69 year old woman whom I FaceTime once awhile. So how can I accept her guy friends and she doesn’t like me being friends with an elderly woman? She also got mad at me for going a girls apartment with a crowd.